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It’s something about tracks driven by smooth piano keys that draws in listeners. Add an Atlanta bounce to the equation, some bars from Future, and there you have the equation for “Just Like Bruddas.”

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Action Bronson stopped through Hot 97 and as expect dropped a “Funkmaster Flex Freestyle.”

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Calvin Klein photoshop f*ckery aside, Justin Bieber is aiming to be taken seriously this year. Musically, at least.

  The Struggle Awards 2014 are winding down and the latest category goes to the “Struggle Moments of the Year.” 2014 was packed with plenty of f*ckery, and these candidates were the the cream of the what in the name of all f*cks were you thinking? crop. Let Charlamagne explan. 

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Singer and actor Usher Raymond recently confirmed his engagement to his long-time girlfriend and manager Grace Miguel. And anyone who’s followed TLC’s Chilli or Tameka Foster knows the woman in Usher’s life is always news whether she wants to be or not.

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Instagram is more often than not the most curated social network of them all, meaning it’s a space where people carefully select what get’s posted. And for rapper Drake, the web hub for photos allows him to stunt when he isn’t doing so in the booth.

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The notion of a Floyd Mayweather Manny Pacquiao fight holds the same distinction of a unicorn dancing in the pale moonlight with a werewolf.

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The current year is full swing ahead and Kim Kardashian has landed herself another magazine cover in the form of Vogue Australia. “I truly am so honored to have worked with one of style icons, fashion director @Centenera for this cover for @VogueAustralia and shoot in one of my favorite places in the world, Australia!,” […]

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Along with promised album releases from Kanye West, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, and other bigger names, there’s a lot of opportunity for up and coming acts to shine in 2015.

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It seems like the biggest story circulating around the GRAMMYS these days is the artists who are not nominated opposed to ones who get this prestigious honor.

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Pharrell Williams doesn’t consider himself to be the quintessential “superstar,” though he and adidas continue to kill it in the new year. Most recently, the famed producer covers the latest issue of L’Officiel Hommes Italia.

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Corporations are no longer sleeping on how a Hip-Hop associated brand ambassador can catapult their product’s awareness. Take Pine Brothers Softish Throat Drops for example. Thanks to shrewd marketing strategies, they used Waka Flocka Flame’s comedic genius to score one of the few highlights during the last American Music Awards and in turn, earned the […]